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[page 1]
[corresponds to page 1 of A.L. Harris letter dated June 7th 1863]
Brooke's Station Va
June 7th 1863
Friend Lough,
Dear Sir,
In your last letter you desired
me to tell you the part taken in the Battle at
Chancellorsville by our Regiment- It is rather a
hard question for me to answer- for I do not like to
think of the matter long enough to write out the
facts as they came before my observation on that eventful
day. If I do, I am compelled to criminate some one
high in power, or charge them with incompectency,
which is just about as bad- That we were suprisi-
sed is quite evident- at least we were not prepared
to meet the attact in the direction which it came- If
it were known that the enemy were maping their [illegible]
in our right and rear, why was not such a disposition
made of the 11th Corps as the case demanded to give
us a chance to repel the attack? If it were not
known that the enemy were there, then somebody is at
fault for it should have been- How our Generals
can take whichever horn of the dilema they wish-
and make the most of it- Either one is bad enough-

[page 1]
[corresponds to page 1 of A.L. Harris letter dated June 7th 1863]
Brooke's Station Va
June 7th 1863
Friend Lough,
Dear Sir,
In your last letter you desired
me to tell you the part taken in the Battle at
Chancellorsville by our Regiment- It is rather a
hard question for me to answer- for I do not like to
think of the matter long enough to write out the
facts as they came before my observation on that eventful
day. If I do, I am compelled to criminate some one
high in power, or charge them with incompectency,
which is just about as bad- That we were suprisi-
sed is quite evident- at least we were not prepared
to meet the attact in the direction which it came- If
it were known that the enemy were maping their [illegible]
in our right and rear, why was not such a disposition
made of the 11th Corps as the case demanded to give
us a chance to repel the attack? If it were not
known that the enemy were there, then somebody is at
fault for it should have been- How our Generals
can take whichever horn of the dilema they wish-
and make the most of it- Either one is bad enough-